The Dutchman will score goals for Newcastle, but, unlike Chelsea new boy Didier Drogba, he may give them cause for concern off the field. By Rob Hughes Kluivert is running out of chances

PATRICK KLUIVERT is a predatory beast, and has been since his teens, when he scored two goals to knock Ireland out of the Euro 96 qualifying playoff, and one goal to eclipse AC Milan in the final of the Champions League. So much, so young . . . and now he belongs to Newcastle United.

Didier Drogba, 26, has blossomed, in one season at Olympique de Marseille, into potentially one of the most decisive players in Europe. And now he is at Chelsea.

The price tags for these players mean little. Kluivert is in effect a free transfer from Barcelona, and only “Chelski” would pay £24m, plus wages, for Drogba.

But there is no such thing as a free meal. True international strikers do not come without charge, and without towering risk. Time will tell whether Jose Mourinho, playing a hunch in his first throes as Chelsea coach, has cut a better deal